Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

[ScottsdaleChick]

Help! I have two golden sex link hens that are about 1 and 1/2 yrs old. One of my girls has gone broody over the lat few days.We do not have a rooster so there is no chance of hatching chicks. In fact she is sitting in an empty nesting box. I really don't want to confine her to a wire cage to break her. My question is, if I just continue to remove her from the nesting box and close it off so she doesn't have access, and there aren't any other dark, warm places to brood, will this pass?

 

[bumpercarr]

can someone tell me how to upload a pic of my new babies to this page

Up at the top of the reply box there is a picture icon (looks like a sun over mountain sort of). Click that and follow directions. Don't know how from a phone, someone else will have to tell you for that.

 

[bumpercarr]

Oops...meant to enter this picture..

Adorable! Wish my pullets would hurry up and grow up! I hated having to hatch all of my own this year. I raise brahmas though, so most of the time I don't dare give them any important eggs, that's what you get when you raise really big birds!

 

[fisherlady]

Adorable! Wish my pullets would hurry up and grow up! I hated having to hatch all of my own this year. I raise brahmas though, so most of the time I don't dare give them any important eggs, that's what you get when you raise really big birds!

Thanks.... I understand and sympathize about the big birds comment.... my Silver Pencil Rocks and Black Giants all get oversized boxes for their brooding because of their size, and the SPRs aren't as big as brahmas! Both of these broodies broke an egg right before hatch, but probably a combination of their size and the porous shells.... I'm surprised more didn't break actually.

I had seriously considered the brahmas, and may still get them yet... but right now I am happy with the 4 breeds we have decided to keep and the pen is full with them and the barnyard mixes we still have. With us being on broody #18 for the year now I am busy enough without adding another broody prone breed to the yard!

 

[little]

can you tell me what a url is

 

[ScottsdaleChick]

A url is a webpage address. An example would be www.google.com.

 

[little]

thank you i guess ill play till i get it

 

[bumpercarr]

thank you i guess ill play till i get it

Try these instructions, click on the images to get bigger pictures to see:





And then find the pictures that you want on your computer, click open. Once they are loaded, click submit.

 

[chippysmom327]

Help! I have two golden sex link hens that are about 1 and 1/2 yrs old. One of my girls has gone broody over the lat few days.We do not have a rooster so there is no chance of hatching chicks. In fact she is sitting in an empty nesting box. I really don't want to confine her to a wire cage to break her. My question is, if I just continue to remove her from the nesting box and close it off so she doesn't have access, and there aren't any other dark, warm places to brood, will this pass?

You can try that, and if it doesn't work, try the cool water bath technique.

 

[little]

thank you for all your help. check my avatar .this is tilly and her first seen.i'm giddy with love.